The Meeker herald., 1887-06-04
sTOCA AND RANGE NEWS.

t'iuiaiio hbeNhHirH. IL N hiHuniHR W
see the ease with which the Chicago
papers go into Mysteries over this new
enterprise; how they rave and tear their
hair In their frantic efforts todown the
American Cattle Trust" and the
recklcs, manner IN which they apply
the words monopoly and conspiracy
Ia III. Trust. This sort of talk coming
from Chicaao-thc home Of monopolisis.
extortionists, and all grades OF blood
snckers, is oniy calculated To arouse the
contempt Of the average Colorado eat
,i.man for the Chicago view Of this
particular ease. Colorado s,ockmcn
know full well that they have been at
the mercy Of the Chicago beef synii-
Gates and commission men for years
and that through the manipulation, of
,h.,. shark, the profits Of the range
cat,l. business Is cut down 10 almost
nothing, We arc not prepared Ia pass
upon the merits or dement's OF til.
American Cattle Trus, at this writing;
whether lis aim In monopoly or anti
monopoly OF speculate IA, Ia Its prohtbl.
effects on til. range cattle Industry;
whether II VIII bc beneficial or inimIcial
10 the stock raising interests Of tie
West, but feel certain OF one thing
II cannot reduce tho ca,tl.man's mar
gin any lower than the Chicago siiouis
have got IL at present II the American
Cattle Trust has III. effect OF diy-tting
some of the cattle trade that now finds
Its Why To Chicago from that city la
Denver or any other point II will have
performed a useful mission. Colorado
rA,,l-ncn can better afford to build up
Denver than tiny can Chicago. Jujg.
Ing from III. howl sent up by these
Chicago plr-Ts th. American Cattle
Trust has given Chicago u scare thu,
may do her some good. II IL quit. re-.
fr-shins Ia read the soul's;irrins ap-
p-als oi thrs. Chicago Journals agains;
monopoly. In their ctipa.c against
monopoly II Is singular tim, they
should overlook the Atmours AMI other.
u tina, class who have s.,ppci the life
blood GU, OF the cattle business.
News from different sections Of the
MAS more destructive 10 bulls than nny
other class of stock. The severe loss Is
attributed largely 10 the fac, ,ia, the
nunib.r of bulls Ia the herd, was In.
adequate and the animals irins over.
taxed were In poor condition nj the ,r.
ginning o: winter. This Is II question
tina, has occupied the thoughts of n
/ large number Of our White river stock
man and should receive tie earnest nj
,ruiiun of all the cattl.mcn on this
range. The keeping up Of the bulls
the winter before last was certainly an
important factor in this seasons large
calf crop. Some Of Our Nockmcn
maintain that /, Is too expensive Ia
but ", ,hiuk time will demonstrate to
them that the cost is nothing compared
,o III. gain In this particular case.
a general meeting Of the creditors of
the swan Brothers WIS held ut Chey-
cnnc las, week. the majority In amount,
Of all their liabilities being represented.
and after lengthy discussion and con.
sidcra,ion IL was unanimously decided
by those present that an extension was
adyi.a,hl. Of one. two and three years
for both the interest of creditors us well
n, FOR the swan Brothers. To this end
all agreed 10 JOIN. and some proiTcrej
additional AID IL this was agreed 10 by
the absent creditors.
-. u. Lewis. late President OF the
Colorado Cattle Company. WAS ar
rested ut san Angelo. on the 18th ult..
charged with obtaining money under
false prrtcnses from the National Ex-
change Bank of Dallas. Texas. The
bank claims that Lewis obtained SO.
0Oo on deed Of trust for 2.OO0 head Of
to light only 200 head.
Tie Murphy Cattle company will
spay 5000 head of calves this season.
This practice will also he carried out by
other large companies of this section
this season in view Of keeping the mum.
her in herbs TO limit in years To come
Ovcrstocking the range Is what cattle
men should guard agains, and the idea
OF spaying is sensible one.-f,uiIalo
Sentinel.
There seems TO be growing desire
among our horse-raisers 10 breed Ia the
best obtainable stations. We believe it
pays TO ge, the best and MS nearly
pronounced type as can be had. There
is certainly too many good stations in
this part of the country for any one to
think of breeding their mares TO any
bu, the best horses.
-Four head of dead cattle were found
in gulch in Coyote basin one day
last week. As there was no dead stock
in the same place two days previous it
is supposed that they died from the ef-
fects of eating some poison weed.
The north.side round up has been ut
work during most of the week in the
vicinity of Meeker and is now operating